Boot and shoe cleaning device.



R. SIMPSON.

BOOT AND SHOE CLEANING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2.19l6.

1,27 3,680. Patented July 23, 1918.

WITE EESES I D ROBERT SIMPSON, OF OTLlEY, ENGLAND.

BOOT AND SHOE CLEANING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1918.

Application filed September 2, 1916. Serial No. 118,202.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT SIMPSON, subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Otley, in the county of York, in the Kingdom of England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in or Connected with Boot and Shoe Cleaning Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relatesto improvements in boot-cleaning devices of the type consisting of a metal plate adapted to be secured to the back of a boot brush, and formed with a curved or convex edge and pointed portions for scraping mud and dirt ofi' boots and shoes.

According to this invention the device which, if desired, may be used mounted on a brush, or separately, consists of a piece of metal having a rectangular portion extending into a wing projecting at right angles at the one side along a straight edge, turning back to a convex curve, and the curve ending in a right-angled recess.

The invention is more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which one form of device is illustrated on the back of a boot brush,

In the form of the device shown this consists of a metal plate 1 secured by screws 2 to the back of the boot or the like brush 3. The plate is bent up at right-angles as at 4 and has a right-angled notch or recess 5, being extended to form a broad tongue 6 having an outer convex edge 7 which preferably extends beyond the edge of the part 8 secured to the brush and presents a further sharp edge 9.

The point formed by the edge 9 and the convex edge 7, is suitable for being passed around the welts or sides of the boots to remove the dirt therefrom, while the rightangled recess 5 is very suitable for removing the dirt or mud adhering to the heel of the boot, or in addition the curved portion 7 is adapted for removing the dirt or mud from the uppers of the footwear as this is such that it will not damage this part.

I declare that what I claim is A boot cleaning device consisting of a flat piece of metal having a rectangular portion bent at a right angle thereto to form an attaching plate for mounting on a support, said flat piece being flush with the attaching plate at one end, the other having a straight lower edge extending beyond the end of the attaching plate and in line with the edge of the angle formed by the attaching plate and flat piece, and having a convex upper scraping edge starting from the straight edge and extending upward and toward the opposite end of the flat piece, whereby a scraping point having a straight side and a convex, side is formed at one end of the flat piece, the other end of said flat piece having a right angle notch therein, one side of which extends to the curved edge to form a second scraping point having one straight edge and a convex edge, the other side of the notch being parallel to the straight edge of the flat piece.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 18th day of August, 1916, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT SIMPSON.

Witnesses:

LUCY COSTIGAN, ETHEL GRIFFIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Wuhington, D. 0." 

